Lake County, IL
File #: 18-0615    Version: 1 Name: Resolution Delegating Selection of ServicePoint Coordinating Council Representatives to Housing & Community Development Commission (HCDC)
Type: resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/29/2018 In control: Health and Community Services Committee
On agenda: Final action: 6/12/2018
Title: Resolution delegating representative selection of ServicePoint coordinating council.
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Resolution delegating representative selection of ServicePoint coordinating council.

Staff Summary
* In order to effectuate a governance structure to set and enforce policies for the use of the system. Lake County Board approved the creation of a ServicePoint Coordinating Council (SPCC).at its May 8, 2018 meeting.
* The SPCC will be comprised of two representatives of four different uses of ServicePoint: 1) Homeless Management Information System (HMIS); 2) Coordinated Entry (a centralized waiting list for permanent supportive housing); 3) Service coordination between community agencies; and 4) www.Findhelplakecounty.org.
* These four uses are led by 1-2) Lake County Coalition for the Homeless, 3) Lake County Board and its Housing and Community Development Commission (HCDC), and 4) United Way of Lake County.
* As SPCC is not a government body but a standing work group to coordinate and resolve disputes between different uses of ServicePoint and to respond to requests for data-sharing, it is requested that the Lake County Board delegate selection of Lake County's two SPCC representatives to its HCDC.

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RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, ServicePoint is a web-based software package used by agencies throughout Lake County for service coordination and particularly as a homeless management information system (HMIS) required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); and

WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has empowered the Lake County Continuum of Care as managed by the Lake County Coalition for the Homeless to designate Lake County Community Development as the lead HMIS entity; and

WHEREAS, through its Housing and Community Development Commission (HCDC) the Lake County Board supports the community-wide implementation of the ServicePoint Referral Network; and

WHEREAS, proper implementation of the ServicePoint Referral Network requires legal documents including a Data Services Agreement, Client Authorization Form, B...

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